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‘Alone in the crowd: Overcoming Loneliness of Urban Living’ addresses challenges related to urban living and loneliness

‘Alone in the crowd: Overcoming Loneliness of Urban Living’ addresses challenges related to urban living and loneliness

Chennai: Renowned Mental Health Experts Dr. Samir Parikh and Kamna Chhibber have launched the book ‘Alone in the crowd: Overcoming Loneliness of Urban Living’. The book comes at a pertinent time when the loneliness of urban living has been getting highlighted prominently, especially in the context of covid era, where most of the people were confined to their homes. The book provides significant insights into where the problem of loneliness emerges from, how it affects people - their mental health and overall well-being. The book describes the multifaceted approach that is needed to tackle the issue.

 

Most of us have experienced loneliness in some form or the other and more so in the covid lockdowns. As people navigate their way towards growth and success, they find themselves ‘busy’ and others around them ‘unavailable’. This urban existence with its multidimensional challenges has led to an upsurge in the experiencing loneliness and taking stock of the issue remains crucial. The book explores the spaces from which the problem of urban loneliness arises. It portrays in detail the facets of our lives which are contributing towards the emergence of this scenario. In Alone in the Crowd, the authors go beyond highlighting the existence of the problem to enlisting ways in which this pandemic, in the midst of the current pandemic, can be tackled. Encouraging readers to concurrently focus on the need to live mindfully, this book also highlights key learnings from the pandemic.

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